Overhead rail systems … they’re standard equipment in today’s plants because they enable companies to move textiles quickly through different departments of a laundry facility—thus eliminating the need for an army of employees to push carts loaded with goods from one area to another.  
 
However, back in the early ’70s, the use of rail systems throughout a plant wasn’t exactly the norm. The American Uniform and Linen Rental Service, Pensacola, FL, was a pioneering innovator in expanding the use of this technology. General Manager George Donaldson had worked at American’s Pensacola plant for less than a ...